Texas Election Code
§ 1.016 — OATHS BY ELECTION OFFICERS
EL § 1.016Title 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)An oath or statement required by the Texas Constitution or this code prior to an election officer entering service may be administered and a certificate of the fact given by:
(1)the secretary of state, a member of the secretary of state's staff, or a state inspector appointed by the secretary;
(2)a county or municipal clerk or the clerk's deputies;
(3)a county tax assessor-collector or the county tax assessor-collector's deputies;
(4)a city secretary;
(5)a member of a county election commission or county election board;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.